M 4.6 in Papua New Guinea on 23 May 2015 11:53 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1055638
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 50.79 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.4815 , 152.7587
Event Date: 23 May 2015 11:53 UTC
23 May 2015 21:53 Local
Exposed Population:
About 7372 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 May 2015 13:23 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 642 | About casualties: 43 | Last hour: 0

Vier Jahre nach Fukushima Freigabe für erstes AkwWed, 27 May 2015 11:45:00 +0200.

Vier Jahre nach der Atomkatastrophe in Fukushima will Japan das erste Atomkraftwerk (Akw) wieder ans Netz lassen. Die beiden Reaktoren des Akw Sendai hätten die neuen Sicherheitsauflagen erfüllt, teilte die Aufsichtsbehörde NRA am Mittwoch
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Bald wieder japanische Atomreaktoren am NetzWed, 27 May 2015 11:35:00 +0200.

Tokio. – Die Anlage im Südwesten des Landes, die von dem Energiekonzern Kyushu Electric Power betrieben wird, muss noch Betriebstests durchlaufen, wie die Aufsichtsbehörde NRA am Mittwoch mitteilte. Doch diese dürfte sie ohne Probleme beste
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Fukushima depura el agua radiactiva almacenadaWed, 27 May 2015 11:31:00 +0200.

La empresa ha indicado que aún así un 30 por ciento de las 620 mil toneladas aún requiere un tratamiento adicional para eliminar otros isótopos menos dañinos El operador de la accidentada central atómica de Fukushima ha logrado depurar las
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Fukushima termina de depurar todo el agua radiactiva almacenadaWed, 27 May 2015 11:29:00 +0200.

El operador de la accidentada central atómica de Fukushima ha logrado depurar las 620.000 toneladas de agua radiactiva almacenadas en tanques en la planta y que suponen uno de los principales desafíos para desmantelarla, según confirmó hoy
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),